Adviser to UK minister claimed AI firms would never have to compensate creatives
by Robert Booth and Dan Milmo from Technology | The Guardian on (#708YW)
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A senior ministerial aide said AI companies would never have to compensate creatives for using their content to train their systems, in a statement that has alarmed campaigners demanding Labour deliver a fairer deal for musicians, artists and writers from the tech industry.
Kirsty Innes, recently appointed as a special adviser to Liz Kendall, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, said whether or not you philosophically believe the big AI firms should compensate content creators, they in practice will never legally have to".
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